NASA's Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars since 2012 and more recently has found evidence of ice-free ancient ponds and ...

Groundbreaking research into Mars' energy balance reveals a polar surplus driving dynamic weather patterns, including massive ...

Thanks to climate change, thawing permafrost in the Canadian Arctic has revealed the buried remnant of a glacier that’s 770,000 years old.

Sending humans to Mars is one of the most ambitious goals in the history of space exploration. Unlike missions to the Moon, ...

Arrokoth is composed of two separate bodies, 3 and 9 miles across. In the distant past they rotated so slowly about each other that their mutual gravitational attraction caused them to come together ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Mars is a strange place and any humans born there are bound to look radically different over thousands or even hundreds of ...

It’s a term used by astronomers to describe when Earth, Mars and the Sun align. When this happens, Earth sits directly ...

Every 26 months, the orbits of Earth and Mars allow us a closer look when Mars is at opposition — which will happen on Jan. 15, 2025.

Discover the captivating sight of Mars in the night sky, glowing red-orange as it reaches full opposition to the sun. Learn ...

Tonight (Jan. 13), bright Mars will disappear behind the full Wolf Moon for several hours before reappearing on the other ...

Mars is an attractive candidate for colonization for several reasons. It is relatively close to Earth, with journeys taking ...